PEDIATRIC NURSING FIRST YEAR MSC NURSING

1. Mrs Arifa TN
1st year M.Sc Nursing
MIMS CON
National health policy for children

2. Introduction
 Children's are major consumers of health care
 There are 472 children in India under 18 years
 It is nations responsibility to ensure adequate health
care and other facilities to the children to help them
grow up to become robust citizen, physically fit
mentally alert and morally healthy.

3. National health policy
 National health policy for children 22nd August 1974
 National health policy for children 26th April 2013

4. National health policy 1974
 Declaration
“Recognized that programmes for children should find
prominent place in the national plans for the
development of the human resources, so that the our
children grow up to become robust citizen, physically
fit, mentally alert and morally healthy, endowed with
the skills and motivations provided by society. Equal
opportunities for development to all children during the
period of growth should be our aim , for this would serve
our large purpose of reducing inequality and bring social
justice”

5. Goal
 The need s of children and our duties towards them
have been expressed in the constitution
 Give direction to the state policy on educational needs
of children
 Also party to the U N declaration of the child
 Judicious and available use of resources

6. Policy and measures
 It shall be the policy of the State to provide adequate
services to children, both before and after birth and
through the period of growth, to ensure their full
physical, mental and social development.

7. Policy and measures …..cont
 Comprehensive health programme
 Nutrition services with the object of removing
deficiencies in the diet of children.
 Nutrition and nutrition education of expectant and
nursing mothers
 Free and compulsory education for all children up
to the age of 14
 Children who are not able to take formal school
education provided other forms of education

8. Policy and measures …..cont
 Physical education, cultural and scientific activities
shall be promoted in schools, community centers
 Special assistance shall be provided to all children
belong to the weaker sections of the society and
socially handicapped
 Children shall be protected against neglect, cruelty
and exploitation
 To prevent child labor children under 14 years
 Special treatment, education, rehabilitation and
care of children who are physically handicapped,
emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded

9. Policy and measures …..cont
 Priority for protection and relief in times of distress
or natural calamity
 Special programmes shall be formulated to spot,
encourage and assist gifted children
 Existing laws should be amended the interest of
children are given paramount consideration
 Organising services for children, efforts would be
directed to strengthen family ties so that full
potentialities of growth of children are realized within
the normal family, neighborhood and community
environment

10. Priority in programme formulation
 Preventive and promotive aspects of child health
 Nutrition for infants, pre-schoolers, nursing and
expectant mothers
 Maintenance, education and training of orphan and
destitute children
 Crèches and other facilities for the care of children of
working or ailing mothers
 Care, education, training and rehabilitation of
handicapped children

11. Constitution of National Children’s
Board
A National Children’s Board shall be constituted
for continuous planning, review and coordination of all
the essential services. Similar Boards may also be
constituted at the State level
Role of voluntary organizations
Encouraging voluntary organizations engaged in
the field of child welfare will continue to have the
opportunity to develop, either on their own or with State
assistance, in the field of education, health, recreation and
social welfare services

12. Legislative and Administrative action
State will provide necessary legislative and
administrative support. Facilities for research and
training of personnel will be developed to meet the needs
of the expanding programmes and to improve the
effectiveness of the services
People’s Participation
Encouraging voluntary organizations engaged in the
field of child welfare will continue to have the opportunity to
develop, either on their own or with State assistance, in the
field of education, health, recreation and social welfare
services

13. National policy for children 2013

14. National policy for children 2013
 To affirm the Government's commitment to the rights
based approach in addressing the continuing and
emerging challenges in the situation of children, the
Government of India adopts Resolution on the
National Policy for Children, 2013.

15. Preamble
 Child : any person below 18 years
 Childhood is an integral part of life with a value of its
own
 Children are not a homogenous group and their ’
different needs need different responses, especially the
multi-dimensional vulnerabilities experienced by
children in different circumstances
 A long term, sustainable, multi-sectoral, integrated
and inclusive approach is necessary for the overall
and harmonious development and protection of
children

16. Re affirms,
 Every child is unique and a supremely important
national asset;
 Special measures required to diminish or eliminate
discrimination;
 All children have the right to grow in a family
environment
 Families are to be supported by a strong social safety
net in caring for and nurturing their children.
 The State is committed to take affirmative measures
legislative, policy or otherwise

17.  To promote and safeguard the right of all children
to live and grow with equity, dignity, security and
freedom, especially those marginalised or
disadvantaged; to ensure that all children have equal
opportunities
 No custom, tradition, cultural or religious practice is
allowed to violate or restrict or prevent children
from enjoying their rights

18. Guiding Principles
 Every child has universal, inalienable and indivisible
human rights
 The rights of children are interrelated and interdependent,
and each one of them is equally important and
fundamental to the well-being and dignity of the child
 Every child has the right to life, survival, development,
education, protection and participation
 Right to life, survival and development goes beyond the
physical existence of the child and also encompasses the
right to identity and nationality

19.  Mental , emotional, cognitive, social and cultural
development of the child is to be addressed in
totality
 All children have equal rights and no child shall be
discriminated against on grounds of religion, race,
caste, sex, place of birth, class, language and disability,
social, economic or any other status
 The best interest of the child is a primary concern in
all decisions and actions affecting the child, whether
taken by legislative bodies, courts of law,
administrative authorities, public, private, social,
religious or cultural institutions

20.  Family or family environment is most conducive for
the all-round development of children and they are
not to be separated from their parents, except where
such separation is necessary in their best interest
 Every child has the right to a dignified life, free from
exploitation
 Safety and security of all children is integral to their
well-being and children are to be protected from all
forms of harm, abuse, neglect, violence, maltreatment
and exploitation in all settings including care
institutions, schools, hospitals, creches, families and
communities

21.  Children are capable of forming views and must be
provided a conducive environment and the
opportunity to express their views in any way they
are able to communicate, in matters affecting them
 Children’s views, especially those of girls, children
from disadvantaged groups and marginalised
communities, are to, be heard in all matters affecting
them, in particular judicial and administrative
proceedings and interactions, and their views given
due consideration in accordance with their age,
maturity and evolving capacities.

22. Key priorities
Survival, health and nutrition
Education and development
Protection
Participation

23. Survival, health and nutrition
 Ensure equitable access to comprehensive health care
 Right to adequate nutrition and to be safeguarded
against hunger, deprivation and malnutrition
 Maternal health care
 Secure the girls right
 Nutrition, dinking water and sanitation
 Communication
 Newborn child care
 Rehabilitation and social support
 Address discrimination

24. Education and development
 Early childhood care and education (ECCE) <6 years
 Ensure fundamental right for education (6-14 years)
 Affordable quality education till secondary level
 Vocational training, guidance and counseling
 Address discrimination
 Priority education through legislative measures
 Physical safety
 Child friendly teaching and learning
 Ensure formulation of practices of pedagogy
 New technology
 Holistic approach

25. Education and development
 Monitoring school health programmes
 Services for special need children
 Engagement of families and communities
 Facilitate local government and NGO for educational
services
 Assist gifted children
 Promote crèche and day care facilities
 Baby feeding facilities

26. Protection
 Protect all children from all forms of violence and
abuse
 The State shall endeavour to ensure family and
community-based care arrangements
 The State shall promote child friendly jurisprudence,
enact progressive legislation
 The State shall promote and strengthen legislative,
administrative and institutional redressal mechanisms
at the National and State level for the protection of
child rights

27. Participation
 State has the primary responsibility
 The State shall promote and strengthen respect for the
views of the child
 The State shall engage all stakeholders in developing
mechanisms ,monitor effective implementation
,develop different models ,undertake research and
documentation

28. Advocacy and partnerships
 The State shall encourage the active involvement,
participation and collective action of stakeholders such as
individuals, families, local communities, non-
governmental organisations, civil society organisations,
media and private sector including government in
securing the rights of the child.
 The State shall make planned, coordinated and concerted
efforts to raise public awareness on child rights
 This Policy is to be given wide publicity and supported by
focused advocacy measures
 The State shall ensure that service delivery and justice
delivery mechanisms

29. Coordination and action monitoring
Community and local governance play a significant role
in ensuring the child's optimum development and
social integration
 The Ministry of Women and Child Development
(MWCD) will be the nodal Ministry for overseeing
and coordinating the implementation of this Policy
 A National Coordination and Action Group
(NCAG) for Children under the Minister in charge of
the Ministry of Women and Child Development will
monitor the progress with other concerned Ministries
as its members

30. Coordination and action monitoring
 Similar Coordination and Actions Groups will be
formed at the State and District level.
 The National Commission for Protection of Child
Rights and State Commissions for Protection of
Child Rights will ensure that the principles of this
Policy are respected in all sectors at all levels in
formulating laws, policies and programmes affecting
children

31. Research, Documentation and
Capacity Building
 Establishing such a knowledge base through child
focused research and documentation, both
quantitative as well as qualitative.
 Assessment and evaluation will be carried out on the
situation of children in the country, which will inform
policies and programmes for children,
 Professional and technical competence and capability
in all aspects ensured through appropriate selection
and well planned capacity development initiatives

32. Resource Allocation
 The State commits to allocate the required financial,
material and human resources, and their efficient
and effective use, with transparency and
accountability, to implement this Policy

33. Review of Policy
 A comprehensive review of this Policy will be taken
up once in five years in consultation with all
stakeholders, including children, The Ministry of
Women and Child Development will lead the review
process.

34. Conclusion

35. Thank you